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Biographical Info

b Brooklyn, NY, 1947

 

Allan Gorman’s unique point of view and engaging style offers a nostalgic exploration (ala Hopper and Sheeler) of place, time and mystery applied to architecture, transportation and modern machinery. Recent work has been included as part of the NJ Arts Annual — a statewide survey of contemporary art at the NJ State Museum; Mid-Atlantic New Paintings 2012 at the Ridderhof Martin Gallery in Fredericksburg, VA; The Governor’s Island Art Fair (NYC); in solo and invitational exhibitions in NJ, NYC and California; and he’s currently hard at work in his home studio preparing new works for upcoming exhibitions in 2012 and 2013. Largely self-taught, Gorman took his first painting course with celebrated artist Power Booth at NYC’s School of Visual Arts in the mid-1980s. More recently, he’s studied with artists Gary Godbee and David Kapp, and was awarded a month’s residency at the Vermont Studio Center in Jackson VT, in March, 2011. His work is in several private collections and has been published in two issues of Poets & Artists Magazine, America Art Collector, on the cover of Artists’ Portfolio Magazine and in Manifest Prize’s International New Paintings Annual 2 (Summer. 2012). Gorman has gallery affiliations with Anthony Brunelli Fine Art in Binghamton, NY and at Gallery50, Rehoboth Beach, DE.

 

Selected Exhibitions

 

2012

Gallery 50, Rehoboth Beach, DE (featured)

SCCC Galleries, Newton, NJ (solo)

Art Gallery at Holy Family University - Philadelphia, PA (solo)

Elliott Fouts Gallery - Sacramento, CA (Invitational)

George Segal Gallery, Montclair State Univ. - Little Falls, NJ

Ridderhof Martin Gallery, UMW - Fredricksburg, VA

 

2011

Phoenix Gallery - NY, NY (solo)

Perkins Art Center - Collingswood, NJ (three-person show)

Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts - Binghamton, NY (Invitational)

Longyear Gallery - Margaretville, NY (Invitational)

Governor’s Island Art Fair - NY, NY

Aljira Center for Contemporary Art - Newark, NJ

Academy of Fine Arts - Lynchburg, VA

BWAC Galleries - Brooklyn, NY

Verge/Brooklyn - Brooklyn, NY

George Segal Gallery, Montclair State Univ. - Little Falls, NJ

Monmouth Museum - Monmouth, NJ

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Allan Gorman Paintings

Selected Exhibitions (continued)

 

2010

Brassworks on Grove - Montclair, NJ (solo)

NJ State Museum - Trenton, NJ (2010 NJ Arts Annual)

Landscapes in Transition - Montclair Art Museum - Montclair, NJ (Invitational)

Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall Univ. - S.Orange, NJ

Bowery Gallery - NY, NY

SMI Summer Salon - Montclair, NJ

Ceres Gallery - NY, NY

Gallery 125 - Trenton, NJ

BWAC Galleries - Brooklyn, NY

Rogue Space | Chelsea - NY, NY

Visceglia Gallery, Caldwell College - Caldwell, NJ

Monmouth Museum - Monmouth, NJ

 

2009

Rogue Space | Chelsea - NY, NY

Pierro Galley - South Orange NJ (2009 Biennial)

SMI Summer Salon – Montclair NJ

Teaching

2012 - “Finding Abstractions in Reality”, Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ

 

Selected Awards

Artavita Premier Award - Important World Artists - Volume 1 - Summer, 2012

Manifest International Paintings Award - Volume 2 - Summer, 2012

Vermont Studio Center Residency Fellowship - March, 2011

Artist Portfolio Magazine #2 - 1st Place Cover Award - June 2011

Artist Portfolio Magazine #2 - Editor’s Choice Award - June 2011

ArtScene Today Magazine - 2010

Artslant Showcase - Jun, Nov 2011

Artslant Showcase - Feb, Apr, Aug 2010

Projekt30 Showcase - Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 2011, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr 2012

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Allan Gorman Paintings

inquiry@allangorman.com or 973 509 2728 www.allangorman.com

 

Selected Bibliography

“Collaboration: Allan Gorman and Michelle Elvy” -Poets & Artists #31 - January, 2012

“Moving Masterpieces: Collecting Train, Plane & Automobile Art” - Special Section -

American Art Collector #73 - November 2011

Thomas, Allison - “Canvas Constructions: Drawing Inspiration from Concrete and Steel”

Transportation Today #9 - July, 2011

Lilli, Diane - ‘Allan Gorman Connects Digital Highway with Modern Art”

TheJerseyTomatoPress.com Feature - June, 12, 2011

Finn, Joan - ‘sTRUCKtures’: Transforming the Ordinary into the Extraordinary”

Montclair Times Arts Section Cover Feature - May, 26, 2011

Seed, John - “5 Paintings, 5 Studio Shots, 5 Quests for Beauty”

Huffington Post - Apr 29, 2011

Menendez, Didi - “Allan Gorman: Profile” Poets & Artists #24 - Spring 2011

Finn, Joan - “Allan Gorman: digital-age Edward Hopper”

Montclair Times Arts Section Cover Feature - Oct. 7, 2010

Sailer, Anne - Art Connections 7 (review) - annesailer.com/wordpress/

Corbin, Michael - “ArtChat with Allan Gorman” - Artbookguy.com - Aug 2010

BackrowMafia Blog - “Allan Gorman Delivers a New Art Medium”

BackrowMafia.com - Aug 2, 2010

Featured Artist for August – JerseyArts - Aug 2010

Artist of the Month for April - ArtList.com - April 2010

Lilli, Diane - “Montclair Artist Selected for Prestigious Bowery Gallery Show”

TheJerseyTomatoPress,com - Aug 2010

 

Art Education

Largely self-taught. Painting classes and workshops at SVA (NYC); Montclair Art Museum;

Summer Workshops at Rock Gardens Inn (Casco Bay, ME);

Residence at Vermont Studio Center (Jackson, VT)

Web Sites

www.allangorman.com

www.artslant.com/ny/artists/show/125681-allan-gorman

www. afonline.artistsspace.org

Representation/Affiliations

The Painting Center - NY, NY

Anthony Brunelli Gallery - Binghamton, NY

Gallery50, Rehoboth Beach, DE

Studio Montclair - Montclair, NJ

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